How do you get so many connections?Even when I set maxconnections I still don't see nearly that many.

If you are behind a firewall, you normally are limited to 8 ( it looks like the author raised it to 16) unless you open the P2P port in your firewall.

Code:

static const int MAX_OUTBOUND_CONNECTIONS = 16;

Really not needed, without digging to far into the code I believe it is 9336 according to the debug log. Personally I do not think it is wise to poke holes in your firewall if you are using the daemon for personal use and not running a service.

Actually it's just upnp. But, I'm behind a modem and a router so I need port forwarding on one then upnp works on the other.

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9336 did it...I should have known better.I am behind several routers -- so forwarding is a way of life for me.

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How do you get so many connections?Even when I set maxconnections I still don't see nearly that many.

If you are behind a firewall, you normally are limited to 8 ( it looks like the author raised it to 16) unless you open the P2P port in your firewall.

Code:

static const int MAX_OUTBOUND_CONNECTIONS = 16;

Really not needed, without digging to far into the code I believe it is 9336 according to the debug log. Personally I do not think it is wise to poke holes in your firewall if you are using the daemon for personal use and not running a service.

Actually it's just upnp. But, I'm behind a modem and a router so I need port forwarding on one then upnp works on the other.

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Upnp is still poking a hole in your firewall, you are allowing unsolicited connections through the firewall on that port. It does not matter if it is done manually or through Upnp, the effect is the same.

Edit: Also it does not matter if you are behind a modem/router (as almost everybody is), you can still connect to other nodes if your node solicits the connection first.

Wow did not mean for this to turn into a firewall lesson, anyway its your network, run it the way you want. I just like people to be aware of what open a port (however way it is done) allows unsolicited traffic through the firewall..